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Rain Chances Linger

Mostly cloudy skies through the day kept daytime highs in the upper 80’s. This qualified as the “coolest” day since a rainy day we had back on the 12th. The 4pm temperatures are usually very close to daytime high. You can see low 80’s west and southwest of the metroplex from showers:

A few of those showers have made it into the metro area. The chances will pick up as the night wears on and shift east overnight:

These clouds and rain chances are thanks to increased moisture coming up from the Mexican plateau.

This moisture will be in place over the next several days. Meanwhile coming in from the west will be a series of upper-level disturbances; enough energy to increase our rain chances:

We’ll watch for storms get organized into a group over the Texas and Oklahoma panhandle and central Oklahoma. The steering winds turn to the west and northwest on Monday and Tuesday. This opens the door for storms overnight and early morning for north Texas. Right now the best chance of this appears to be on Monday night:

Slight chances for afternoon storms are in the forecast all the way into the weekend:

Jeff joined CBS 11 and TXA 21 in December 2010. He came to North Texas from Nashville, where he spent the past 11 years, most recently as the morning meteorologist at WKRN-TV. His career has also taken him to Kansas City, Mo., where he was the seni...